So, I woke up this weekend and realized we were less than two weeks away from Turkey day. Yes, in case you weren’t aware…Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. Have you started thinking about your menu yet? Side dishes are where I put most of my effort because they are my favorite part. Usually green beans are our green vegetable of choice and, while they will still be making an appearance on this year’s table, I am completely obsessed with these maple bacon Brussels sprouts.

Whew…this week just flew by! Between my travel to BlogHer Food {amazing, by the way} and then a holiday smack in the middle of the week, I don’t think I ever got back on track. I’m using this weekend to catch up and get my meal plan all set for the next two weeks since we are staring down a major holiday here soon. I love the easy dinner recipes we include in these weekly meal plans. It makes it so easy to make sure we get dinner on the table even on the busiest nights.

For the last two weeks, H has been going with friends to our local fall festival pretty frequently. It is almost time for it to close for the season so everyone has been taking advantage of the nice weather and visiting a few times before the end. Each time you go, you get an apple to bring home. Three people attending = 3 apples per visit. So, I’ve accumulated a lot of apples and needed way to use them all before they went bad. I always love a good bruschetta so I decided to make caramel apple bruschetta with our apples.

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Each and every Christmas since I can remember, we have all woken up to gifts from Santa and spent the morning opening other gifts and enjoying breakfast together. It is a tradition that we have kept even now that I am an adult. I try to incorporate items from my childhood memories as often as possible in both the traditions and the foods that accompany them. One of my favorites is a blend of my childhood favorite breakfast food and my current love of cooking: cranberry orange sweet rolls.

Whoa…where did that brisk fall weather come from? I blinked and we went from early October to November! I can’t believe we are so close to the holidays already. I’m keeping warm with bowls of delicious paleo chicken sausage stew. It is the perfect thing to have on a brisk, fall day.

Happy Friday! Are you gearing up for Halloween tomorrow? We finally got our decorations up and the kids are pretty excited. We host a pre-trick or treating dinner each Halloween so this busy mom is glad Halloween falls on a Saturday!

While I’m doing some last minute prep work, be sure to check out these amazing features from last week before linking up this week.

You know the saying “when it rains, it pours?” Yeah, that has been the past week around here. It was one thing after another derailing our plans. Typically, that would cause me to race to the phone for take out. But, since I’ve been using our easy recipes meal plan, I had it all under control and we skipped the drive thru and our usual take out places. This week, we’ve got another meal plan all ready for you full of easy dinner recipes and a delicious dessert too.

These weeks are flying by way too quickly. I feel like I see our grocery guy as much as I see my husband! I really don’t know where the time is going. I’m sure it is just because we are super busy that it seems to go by so quickly. Busy weeks are definitely when our easy dinner recipes meal plan is a major savior for me. I just buy my stuff and cook my way through the week. Easy peasy.

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Hi, I'm Shannah! Welcome to My Suburban Kitchen, where you'll find tons of recipe ideas including family friendly dinners, sinfully delicious desserts and even Paleo and Whole30 recipes. I love spending time in our kitchen and also share little glimpses of my life as a wife to one awesome Mathlete and working mom to 2 cute kids! I hope you'll grab a seat at our table and enjoy your time in the kitchen with us.